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Ethics deal faces uncertain future on governor's deskMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Three years in the making, an ethics plan banning contributions from state contractors to elected officials who award the contracts is on its way to the g...
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Aurora celebrates soldier who fought in American revolutionMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Throughout his life, Revolutionary War veteran Israel Warner was celebrated as one of the country's great patriots. But it's safe to say he was never honored during his ...
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State says mental heath check system ready to goMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State agencies argue a newly expanded system to crosscheck mental health records against gun card applications will be up and running by its deadline toda...
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7 measles cases confirmed in DuPage CountyMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In a time when typically no more than three cases of measles are reported in Illinois each year, public health officials say seven cases have been diagnosed among school...
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Girl hit, killed by freight trainMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A sunny Saturday afternoon playing outside turned deadly after police say a West Chicago freight train fatally struck a 3-year-old girl who was trying to race across the...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Rescuing birds from Chicago's urban jungleMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The heap of mangled feathers is so tiny, most people would walk by without a backward glance. Annette Prince hones in on it immediately. "There's a bird," she says, dart...
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Two days, 39.3 miles to cover in fight against cancerMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Coming into the 20-mile marker of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Jill Weinberger of Buffalo Grove lifted her arms in celebration as volunteers at the rest stop cheered...
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False call at Mallard LakeMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Crews found nothing after a woman called Friday night saying she saw a pollutant cloud hovering above the Mallard Lake landfill near Bloomingdale. "It was nothing," said...
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DuPage Co. religion notesMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - • To submit your listings, e-mail M.J. Porter at mporter@dailyherald.com or fax items to (630) 955-0895. Mail should be sent to Daily Herald, 4300 W. Commerce Court, Lis...